Elden Ring Lore - Dane & The Dryleaf Order

[@beansnrice321]

unarmed combat was usually learned for a handful of reasons. One was simply that you cannot be without a weapon if your body is one. This is especially important if you are very poor. Poor people could not afford metal for very much and what they had was usually limited to what they needed for their job, often farming. Finally, unarmed forms usually allow a person to train bit harder, especially against their sparring partner, because the lethality is less implicit. So mastery of unarmed techniques is often a sign of a person who has trained a whole lot. In martial arts circles it's seen as a little bit of a contrivance but is a practical way to be able to train more with less injury. To me it feels like Dane is based on the idea that he is incredibly strong-willed, and has trained to a transcendental level. He also seems to be ready for a time when all is lost, so he does not rely on weapons that could break or be lost. Just some thoughts on your questions.

[@Duransurik]

Did you know, dryleaf dane is so formidable that even no hit runners, do everything they can to make sure dryleaf Dane is the only opponent in the Leda fight... in otherwords, if he enters the ring and it turns into a 2v1, even no hit runners get scared

[@herrzyklon]

Not when you've got Shieldbros on your side. When I did my blind RL1 on one of the earlier patches, I managed to get 8 vs 1 (Leda).

[@Aethelwulf7989]

Summoner L ​@@herrzyklon

[@herrzyklon]

@@Aethelwulf7989 what does that mean?

[@Aethelwulf7989]

@@herrzyklon summoning is for weaklings

[@herrzyklon]

@Aethelwulf7989 alright then...?

[@Orokothe]

Speculation for the Dryleaf ways being harsh on the body and mind could be explained through their ascetic ways. In some faiths, asceticism is a way to achieve spiritual enlightenment by denying the self of all worldly-pleasures, this means denial of possessions, attachments to family/friends, and living in excess of bare minimum. This practice is meant to hone the soul and body to remained focus on a singular cause beyond the world we inhabit. Dryleaf Dane denying even to speak and obscuring his eyes to maintain focus on his path speaks of that he's perhaps the most disciplined dryleaf to make it this far, his rigorous practices is meant to make him formidable and aloof to the tarnished as he isn't meant to feel beyond his loyalty to his cause. Miquella achieves godhood through stripping himself of all worldly-attachments, even his very flesh, which can parallel the path the Dryleaves would practice on a smaller-scale!

[@beansnrice321]

Avoiding looking at the eyes of your opponent is a common technique in Japanese martial arts. They would say your opponents eyes can steal your will. Personally, I just think that it's more like in basketball that a person can make feints with their eyes. You would not notice those feints if you just watch your opponents center of gravity and their center of gravity tells you where your opponent is actually going.

[@peterbear4413]

Never watch the eyes. The eyes lie. Watch their feet. A warrior doesn't win with their hands. They win with their feet, by getting into a position where they can attack or defend safely. Center of gravity is also very good advice, because the entire body will follow the center.

[@reissroony2677]

Sharinganed

[@MelGibsonFan]

Taking on the lands of shadow with fists and feet. Need a stone carriage to carry those balls.

[@christianlowman2698]

Mel Gibson is awesome

[@codyconnor6981]

Dane: Why is a weapon when have four perfectly good one’s attached to me already.

[@tahaalnasiri4124]

Why do I feel that the dryleaf sect came from the land of reeds

[@angelcm156]

A samurai that tired of the bloodshed decided to follow the one that promised to calm down everyone and became a nonk, could be

[@thelistener1252]

I thought that too

[@nemesisundead83]

Same

[@llab3903]

@@angelcm156nonk

[@lukebarroso449]

Dryleaf dane has drip and an awesome weapon. Love this guy. Wish we could convince Freyja and some others to not join miquella

[@iboofer]

Dripleaf Dane

[@agxryt]

I interpret dryleaf Dane as a sort of buddism-analogy, where he's recognized the inherent suffering of the current world, and believes in miquella's gentler world. This is in line with their issue of self-discipline and independence - these things are incorporated into Buddhism as a way of rejecting the broken world, and protecting oneself from its influence. Unfortunately that rejection also brings a rejection of the opportunity for connection and co-operation. His beliefs, like his real life equivalent, are a somewhat flawed rejection of the world, in hopes that there might be a better one.

[@Fingledoodler]

first playthrough I was so confused that there was no dialogue. I actually thought there was a bug or something haha. Took a while for me to put 2 and 2 together that he just doesn't speak... Quite a cool character and I think you did him justice! (as always)

[@sebastianrose8145]

No one is more dangerous than a martial artist whos willing to fight someone with a weapon while only using hands

[@frankiefromky]

3:25 Bro, I literally jumped up and cheered when you said "the fallen leaves tell a story"! Yo! Let's Go!! STG FTW ! !

[@kittyscribbles6430]

Babe wake up! A new STG video just dropped.

[@giacobbosauro]

Great video, as usual! The golden ring incantations actually may relate more to the golden order than to Miquella. Discus of Light, Radagon's Ring of Light, and Miquella's Triple Ring of Light are all fundamentalist incantations, and Multilayered Ring of Light is wielded by a Misbegotten, closely associated with Radagon rather than Miquella. So, the sect may have been a branch of fundamentalism, not unlike the Hunters of TWLD or Goldmask and his schoolars. A state-enforced faith may have grown too big to stay uniform across the TLB. Also, Dane hiding his eyes may have prevented him from falling for the Charm. So, he may be the only true loyalist among Miquella's guidance who is not a psycho (looking at you, Leda).

[@St._Matthew]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 i said it once and ill say it again… it’s like a great tv show , once a week im waiting to hear about another character in the show lol

[@AegisKHAOS]

Those hands are rated E for everyone, Elden Ring Edition.

[@McSkidz-iv2bu]

Babe wake up new Square Table Gaming video just dropped

[@Vuvuzelas4life]

I literally searched for this yesterday and was sad to not see a video from Dryleaf Dane on this channel

[@square-table-gaming]

We always deliver, just let us know what you want haha

[@carlosperalta4351]

Dane, despite a man of a very few words feels slightly impactful if you consider what he represents in the real world and to see martial arts in Elden Ring is unexpected His notes and last words makes me believe that Dane was trusted slightly more than the rest of "Miquella's band" because he "speaks no evil", he cooperates with Leda but doesn't say anything to her, he even knows the requirements to break the Shadow Seal and in this way it makes it appear that he is ahead of everyone else And it's unclear if he was even charmed to begin with because he doesn't talk until his death or seems to change his allegiance

[@AlcaginRaizen]

This dude pulled out a lawn chair and watched me fight Romina🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@rashadsanders6716]

Such a man with words

[@square-table-gaming]

He truly is articulate

[@Dragonlord-Tempest]

Can you do a video on Rakshasa please I wanna know more lore on her even if it’s just speculation Btw your videos are awesome and I look forward to them each week

[@square-table-gaming]

We have one in Rakshasa! She's included in the last episode of the Tarnished Files

[@Dragonlord-Tempest]

@ thx didn’t know

[@square-table-gaming]

@@Dragonlord-Tempest happy to help, let me know if you learn anything new

[@Dragonlord-Tempest]

@ do you have a video on Placidusax ?

[@daneshansigamoney6215]

The Monk stole my name

[@codypatton2859]

The Gloam Eyed Queen was the queen of Belurat. She married and has Mesmer and Melina with Radagon and was betrayed. Marika to those golden stands from her corpse. This was the seduction and the betrayal. Makes sense why Marika looks masculine in the trailer and why the sword of the GEQ is a spiral

[@iboofer]

This actually makes a painful amount of sense in hindsight.

[@Not_ramattra]

Great a heretical drip lord

[@blakejannard4646]

Please do promised consort radahn

[@blakejannard4646]

Or do the sunflower

[@square-table-gaming]

Both will be tackled in time!

[@ManEaterBrainBug]

So is the narrator of the Elden Ring intro a member of the dry leaf sect and affiliated with Miquella?

[@P__C-e4q]

Can you do a video about the grafted scion? He’s the first person we’re not meant to beat the first time around and is he like Godrick?

[@square-table-gaming]

We actually talk about the scion in our video on Roderika. The grafted scions are likely children of godrick he's grafted numerous tarnished parts onto in order to make them stronger.

[@DaySun-qu5do]

Amazing video

[@thorn.fieldnsta]

Inm dying for a sprites/fairies video 🙏🏼

[@kennynyc1555]

oh dayne

[@Sorrus-B4lyfe]

… The fact that they added “Kung fu” attacks to a Souls game. Which is more evident then ever = Implies the possibly their next spellbound game could be “Magic Kung fu”. If the leaks are true their next spin off game is magic theme, casting with a staff is and has always been boring for us casual players. So, spice it up and make king fu magic… Just a theory.

[@doctor_markus9042]

Can you do an updated Lore on demi-humans now that we have Orzen? Or was it Orze?

[@square-table-gaming]

I can definitely look into the demi-humans if the land of shadow, because I believe most of the matriarchal themes still apply, but they certainly seem unique.

[@doctor_markus9042]

@square-table-gaming thanks also do you know where I get the orzen ashes?

[@square-table-gaming]

@@doctor_markus9042 there actually are no Onze ashes. You fight Onze and receive the Yosh ashes in the Belurat Gaol

[@doctor_markus9042]

@square-table-gaming oh… but they both have the sword right?

[@square-table-gaming]

@@doctor_markus9042 they both have a Star-Lined sword, a special sword bestowed on demi-human swordsmen of the queen we find in the cerulean coast

[@crescentwolf7072]

does that mean that the intro / ending narrator is a dryleaf?

[@square-table-gaming]

Likely not

[@crescentwolf7072]

@@square-table-gaming well it's definatly not one of the centipede guys, that's for sure.

[@blakejannard4646]

Can you do that?